BlockTheSpot Mac

I'm busy with life and other projects. I don't get enough free time to commit to this project anymore. For now, I will archive this project until further notice. To keep using this, please try to use the last tested version and stay in that version with the block updates option. If you are interested in maintaining this project, please contact me on Discord. Thanks for sticking with this project.

<p align="center"> <a href="https://discord.gg/eYudMwgYtY"><img src="https://discord.com/api/guilds/807273906872123412/widget.png"></a> </p> <center> <h1 align="center">BlockTheSpot-Mac</h1> <h4 align="center">A multi-purpose adblocker and skip-bypass for the <strong>Spotify for MacOS</strong> </h4> <h5 align="center">Please support Spotify by purchasing premium</h5> <h5 align="center">For Windows, use <a href="https://github.com/mrpond/BlockTheSpot">BlockTheSpot</a></h5> <p align="center"> <strong>Last updated:</strong> 17 December 2024<br> <strong>Last tested version:</strong> 1.2.32.985 </p> </center>

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We need collaborators.

• We are running short of people who can collaborate and maintain this project. If you are good with bash scripting, please create an issue here or contact red.dev in discord.

Features:

• Blocks all banner/video/audio ads within the app
• Blocks logging (Sentry, etc)
• Unlocks the skip function for any track
• Blocks Spotify automatic updates (optional)
• Hides podcasts, episodes and audiobooks on Home Screen (optional)
• Enable Developer Mode (optional)

Installation/Update:

• Close Spotify completely.
• Run The following command in Terminal:

bash <(curl -sSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Nuzair46/BlockTheSpot-Mac/main/install.sh)

Note:

• BlockTheSpot-Mac now requires codesign to sign the binaries after patching.
• For this, you will need to have Xcode installed on your mac.
• To install xcode, use the following command in terminal:

xcode-select --install

• If you have already installed xcode, you can skip this step.
• If you have Intel mac, you can try skipping codesign by using the -S flag.

Optional Install Arguments:

-f Force patch -- forces re-patching if backup detected
-h Hide podcasts, episodes and audiobooks on home screen
-P Path to Spotify.app -- set custom Spotify app path
-u Block updated -- blocks automatic updates
-d Enable Developer Mode
-S Skip Codesign -- only to be used if you have intel mac
-U Uninstall BlockTheSpot-Mac and restore original.

Use any combination of flags.
The following example clears app cache, adds experimental features, leaves new UI enabled and blocks updates:

bash <(curl -sSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Nuzair46/BlockTheSpot-Mac/main/install.sh) -hu

Uninstall:

• Close Spotify completely.
• Run The following command in Terminal:

bash <(curl -sSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Nuzair46/BlockTheSpot-Mac/main/install.sh) -U

or

• Reinstall Spotify

Notes:

• Audio/video ads during Podcast playback are currently NOT blocked with BlockTheSpot.
• Spicetify users: When using BlockTheSpot-Mac + Spicetify, the current script requires running BlockTheSpot first.

DISCLAIMER

• Ad blocking is the main concern of this repo. Any other feature provided by BlockTheSpot-Mac or consequence of using those features will be the sole responsibility of the user, not BlockTheSpot/BlockTheSpot-Mac.
• All future forks/clients using this of this repo should be licensed under AGPL-3.0 License.